Griffiths Valuation details :: 1848-54

Click on the Griffiths Valuation Page # 155 to see a list of tenants with plot numbers to match the Griffith map.

Townland plot map

Griffith’s final published valuation of South Mayo is dated circa 1854 due to the fact that Lady De Clifford is listed as owner of Dalgan and Patrick Kirwan owned it until sold in 1853 on account of the Encumbered Estates Act.The original surveys of Shrule were carried out in late 1838 ( from surveyors letters ).

Click on the map on the left to see a larger version

The map has each renters plot numbered and recorded in the Valuation book so the exact location of your ancestors plot can be ascertained. Click on the Griffiths Valuation Ballinrobe Page # 155 to see a list of tenants with plot numbers to match the Griffith map.

Placenames

Field Name Book

Field Name Book description from 1838/1839 noted by the surveyors who produced the O.S maps originally.

Brodologh North

B.S.S.M. : 7Brodalach. – Meaning uncertain

Brodullagh Nth : J. 0’Donovan

Brodelogh : Down Survey Maps

Brodullagh ( Brodaghlagh ) : Strafford’s Survey

Situated in the N. side of the parish.It is bounded on the
E. by Ramolin td.; S. by the td. of Brodullagh South; W. by Cahernabrock
td.; and on the N. by Mocollagan td.

It contains 249a. 2r. 32p., including 20 acres of water, and
is the property of George Staunton Lynch, Esq., of Clydagh . It is let to
occupying tenants under leases of 21 years, in farms of from 10 to 14 acres,
at a yearly rent of from 18s. to 29s. per Irish acre. The tenants are all
Catholics. The soil is a light sandy . clay, with limestone. There is one
ancient fort in this td.

Brodologh South

B.S.S.M. : 8
See preceding name

Brodullagh Sth : J. 0’Donovan

A central townland.It is bounded on the N. by the tds. of
Cahernabrock, Brodullagh North, and Ramolin; E, by Ramolin td.; S. by the
tds. of Cloonbanaun and Kinlough; and W. by Carrowoughteragh td.

It contains 502a. 2r. 29p., and is the property of George
Staunton Lynch, Esq., Clydagh. It is let under leases of 21 years, in farms
of from 8 to 50 acres, at a dearly rent of from 18s. to 29s. per acre. The
soil is a light sandy clay. In this td. are the ruins of an old chapel,
and about 1 chain south of the ruins is the site of an old fort with a cave
in it. On the boundary between this and Kinlough td. is a very large fort,
with a cave in it. The tenants on this td. are all Catholics.

The shrule.com placename database covers the Poor Law Unions of Ballinrobe and Tuam roughly a 15 kilometer radius centered on Shrule , the townland database covers most of Connaught in lesser detail .

Find ::

When searching for a placename type some or all of the word and click search. If you are unsure of the spelling try a part of the word . For example the placename Mocharra sounds like Moharra so if you search for arra you should find it. For example a placename record ( eg Rostaff ) gives the townland ( eg Moyne ) and the civil parish ( eg Shrule ) .

Barony details available

Poor Law Unions details available

Land divisions and Administration

Go to the Map Resources page for descriptions and explanations of the land divisions used in genealogy plus explanations of terms etc…

Civil Parish Maps

There are two general index maps of the Civil Parishes , one for South Mayo and the other for North Galway . These correspond roughly to the Baronies of Kilmaine (Co Mayo ) and Clare (Co Galway) and show the civil parish boundaries and parish locations in relation to each other.